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Who Is Indian-American Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s Pick To Head FBI

December 1, 2024 admin

US President-elect Donald Trump nominated his loyalist Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Saturday. Making the announcement, the 78-year-old President-elect called Mr Patel an “America First fighter”. Here are top 10 points on Kash Patel: Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel was born in New York in 1980 to Gujarati parents, who…

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Has Trump’s legal storm blown away?

November 30, 2024 admin

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: In light of the legal immunity afforded to U.S. Presidents for official acts, Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith recently moved to drop the charges against President-elect Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, specifically…

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Jay Bhattacharya: Trump’s research czar

November 30, 2024 admin

CREDIT: X/@DRJBHATTACHARYA On November 26, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced that physician and economist Jayanta ‘Jay’ Bhattacharya will be the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s chief agency for medical research. This pick makes Dr. Bhattacharya the second Indian-American selected by Mr. Trump for a key post, after Vivek Ramaswamy, who…

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Trump Threatens 100% Tariff On BRICS Countries If They Undercut US Dollar

November 30, 2024 admin

There is no chance that BRICS will replace the US Dollar in International Trade, said Trump (File) US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that BRICS member countries commit to not creating a new currency or supporting another currency that would replace the United States dollar or face 100% tariffs. “We require a commitment from…

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Justin Trudeau Meets Donald Trump In Florida As Tariff Threats Loom

November 30, 2024 admin

Palm Beach: Justin Trudeau had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Florida estate, Canada’s prime minister said Saturday, as the United States’ neighbors scramble to blunt the impact of Trump’s trade threats. Trudeau flew for a dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, after Trump earlier this week announced plans for import tariffs against…

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Elon Musk Reveals What He Discussed With Barron Trump At Thanksgiving Dinner

November 30, 2024 admin

Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed what he and Barron Trump discussed while celebrating Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. US President-elect Donald Trump hosted a lavish Thanksgiving dinner at his Flordia home, alongside family and special guests including Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk and his mother, Maye Musk. Several videos surfaced from the night, in which the…

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Vladimir Putin Says Donald Trump Should Be “Cautious”, “He’s Not Safe Now”

November 28, 2024 admin

Astana, Kazakhstan: Russian President Vladimir Putin praised US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday as an experienced and intelligent politician, but said he did not believe Trump was safe after attempts on his life. Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July. In a separate incident in September, a man was charged…

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Tariffs, Calls It Trump’s “Dumbest Idea” Since Don Jr

November 28, 2024 admin

Jimmy Kimmel in his show last night really doubted President-elect Donald Trump’s grasp of economics. “Whoever would have guessed that the mail-order steak salesman who declared bankruptcy six times would be so bad with money?” He took a shot at Trump’s financial mismanagement. Referring to Trump’s decision of imposing a 25% tariff on imports from…

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Donald Trump’s Tariff Talk Spurs Global Jitters, Countries May “Retaliate”

November 28, 2024 admin

Donald Trump’s tariff threats have rattled foreign businesses and governments, with many fearing it could signal the opening salvo of an all-out trade war when he returns to the White House next year. The president-elect on Monday placed both allies and rivals on notice, vowing to quickly slap an across-the-board tariff of 25 percent on…

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Elon Musk Mocks Federal Workers On X, They Get Hate Posts, Death Threats

November 27, 2024 admin

Imagine the fear of becoming a personal target of the richest man in the world – and his followers. That’s what federal government employees are feeling after Elon Musk publicised their names. As the co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk has suggested mass-firings as he is publicly identifying “fake jobs” and associated federal…

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